the left says we've got to have green energy, so we subsidize it. we try to pick winners and losers. >>brian: it will be great when it works. we have skilled people, scientists that have been working on this technology, trying to make it come true. in comes the chinese money as they buy the company and they also get the scientists. so they're going to be working on this leading-edge technology that could be converted to military tepbl for -- military technology for another country. >> we have lost our money in this project and now we're selling at a deep discount the scientists and technology itself which could be useful to a military rival. >>steve: we cannot be that stupid. >> we're deciding what to do at this moment in time. >>brian: do not let that happen. >>steve: he's got the whole afternoon. >>brian: who decides whether or not it goes through? >> a foreign policy review committee organized by the administration. do we sell it to the chinese or not. >>steve: stuart, good to see you. we'll watch you on varney and company at 9:20. next on the ru